READING
SUMMER
COME READ WITH US!
Presentation by Alvin ISD RLA Department
BENEFITS OF
SUMMER READING
Promotes a love of reading by allowing students to engage with texts that align with their interests, tastes, and values
Encourages students to interact with each other about their books in order to create rich literacy communities.
Combats the gap in achievement most students incur due to summer reading loss.
Gives students an incentive to read more which is the best known predictor of high reading success
Alvin Reads!
District Reading Challenge for Everyone!
READING
SUMMER
COME READ WITH US!
Presentation by Alvin ISD RLA Department
APA
Look for this graphic on your Junior High webpage and the ALVIN ISD Webpage!
HOW DOES SUMMER READING WORK?
Read the directions on the handout
Read your book
Complete your dialectical journal
Turn in both the Dialectical Journal and the choice board project on 8/22
Pick a book
Choose a project from the choice board
Complete the project
APA Summer Reading
Click below to view your APA summer reading assignment
TWO ASSIGNMENTS
DIALECTICAL JOURNAL
Here’s an example of what a Dialectical Journal looks like. Notice, you will be required to find quotes from your book that follow the guiding questions in your handout. Once you find your quotes, you will write a paragraph on the other side explaining their significance. You must have at least four entries.
Choice Board Project
2
The second assignment for summer reading is to choose a project from Summer Reading Choice Board. Open the choice board document and choose a project to complete. Each project contains individual guidelines.
Once you open the document, choose a project and click on the blue link for its guidelines.
MAP Humanities
Summer Reading
Click below to view the MAP Humanities summer reading assignment. Once you get to the graphic, click on your grade level.
High School Summer Reading
Click this graphic for links to your High School Summer Reading assignment!
What do I do if I need help?
Just Login to the Google Meet!
A teacher will be live on Google Meet Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12-2 to answer all of your summer reading project questions.
Happy Creating!